Brighter Britain Today

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Brown hair and 21 years old
2 kids and another one on the way
He never even knew who his father was
A list of convictions, the last one afray
(Into drugs before secondary school
Had his whole estate under intimidated rule)

A product of his environment no doubt
In more than one sense of the phrase
His mother was the sister of a gangsta
His family home was nothing more than a safehouse

Smoking weed at Nine years old
And selling it by the time he was Twelve
He ran with a gang called The NHC
Every single member a bad man wannabe

It wasn’t long before he was making a name
Selling weight for a man named “Jimmy the brain”
Brown heroin, speed and crack cocaine
Around the clock drops for all the itchy veins

He never stoped where money could be made
Making twice what he would on minimum wage
And signing on once a fortnight too
He said he how make the system work for you

Then 12 o’clock on a cold April day
On the edge of the Waterloo estate
Two men in a black Audi wait
Drive by, Four shots then away

(He was)Dead before he even hit the ground
No one saw a thing and no one heard a sound
It made the front page of the evening news
(It read)Dealer dead, Police have got no clues
Dealer dead, Police have got no clues
Dealer dead, Police have got no clues
A product of a brighter Britain today
A product of a brighter Britain today

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from Michael O'Neill, released October 28, 2013

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